Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maþō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *maþô.

Noun edit

*maþō m[1]

  1. worm

Inflection edit

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *maþō
Genitive *maþini, *maþan
Singular Plural
Nominative *maþō *maþan
Accusative *maþan *maþan
Genitive *maþini, *maþan *maþanō
Dative *maþini, *maþan *maþum
Instrumental *maþini, *maþan *maþum

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192:PWGmc *maþō